THE ORIGINS

Where it Started

Roland Schorr & Tower was founded in 2005 in sunny Honolulu, HI. Our mission is to provide excellent technology solutions that solve your unique business problems, by listening to our clients and understanding them. We’ve grown to multiple offices in multiple states and maintained our standards of excellence and the spirit of Aloha.

The Founders

Roland Schorr was started by Matti "Roland" Raihala and Ben Schorr in 2005 and grew it together into a successful IT Services company supporting many wonderful clients. In 2016 Ben Schorr decided to take a position at Microsoft, it was a fantastic opportunity and we are very excited for Ben. Matti “Roland” Raihala has carried on the drive and dedication to excellence that Roland Schorr & Tower has always provided.

Our Focus

Roland Schorr & Tower specializes in a variety of services, including tailored IT services and solutions for small and medium businesses and their owners in Honolulu, Seattle, Flagstaff and surrounding areas. We are committed to providing each and every one of our clients with high quality service and support. Our unique IT team is incredibly friendly and can help you every step of the way in growing your business

We expertly combine our services in order to provide you with customized help and support so you only get what you need and what you want. Our innovative approach starts with a thorough investigation of what your company needs to succeed so that we can ensure a perfect fit with you and our services.

Why Information Technology?

Roland Schorr & Tower clients benefit greatly when they choose to partner with us. Not only will you have more energy and time to focus on your business while we handle your IT needs, but you’ll experience happier and more productive employees, too. Let us help you open the doors to great technology so you can rest easy that your network will always perform to higher standards and that your company will be able to outperform its competitors with ease.

Sleep soundly tonight knowing that your electronic assets are optimized, maintained, and protected – because ensuring your business’ technology runs smoothly is our top priority.

To go Where no Man has gone before...

To explore strange new worlds. To seek out new life and new civilizations. To boldly go where no man has gone before!

Roland Schorr is always growing and looking for new opportunities to serve our clients best. In 2018 we acquired an IT Managed Services firm based in Seattle called KronisTek, with this acquisition we have launched our Seattle office and welcome KronisTek's CEO, Tony Sollars to the Roland Schorr family as a partner and CTOO. -Aloha

OUR VALUES

GIVING

We seek first to help others before helping ourselves. 

We succeed when you Do!

RELATIONSHIPS

We are passionate about building relationships, supporting others, listening to our clients and strive to always bring value.

GROWTH

We strive to be learners, teachable, continually improve with a growth mindset.

INTEGRITY

Do the RIGHT thing, Always! Not just the profitable thing. Even when it doesn't benefit us.

THANKFUL

We are grateful to our clients, vendors and referral partners. We love what we do and truly enjoy helping others succeed.

ACCOUNTABILITY

Security, privacy and confidentiality are very important to us and our clients. We Partner with our clients.

OUR FAMILY

Matti Raihala | CEO | Partner

One of the founding partners of Roland Schorr & Tower, Matti started Roland Schorr & Tower over 10 years ago with a vision of connecting people with the tools they need to make life easier, as well as doing what he loves. His background in IT goes clear back to his childhood, programming Commodore 64’s and building computers out of his home. Matti’s approach to IT solutions brings a fresh perspective to our clients, and reinforces our motto: We succeed when you do!

Teresa Sethe | CFO | Partner

Teresa brings nearly 25 years experience working with law enforcement, medical professionals, and 9-1-1 telecommunications in order to bring solutions to extremely difficult and emergent situations. Quick action and creative thinking helps Teresa continue her success in her professional and personal life. In her spare time, she is an accomplished singer and musician, and a huge Dr. Who fan. Teresa currently lives in Portland, OR with her husband.

Hal Hostetler | Sr. Consultant

Hal is a Certified Professional Broadcast Engineer with over 25 years of experience as an IT professional. He worked for KVOA Television in Tucson, AZ for 34 years before joining us. He’s been a Microsoft MVP for more than 16 years, and has contributed to several books including “The Microsoft Exchange User’s Handbook” and “The Microsoft Outlook E-mail and Fax Guide”. Hal currently lives in Tucson, Arizona with his wife.  -Microsoft MVP Pro

Kevin McFarland | IT Consultant

Kevin is a talented IT Consultant and his customers absolutely love him for his work ethic and his ability to resolve their technical needs while communicating and following through every day. Kevin managed a local phone & computer repair company for many years and has a degree from NAU in Mechanical Engineering. In his spare time, he enjoys building gaming computers from the ground up and works closely with the local animal shelter in Flagstaff. Kevin has a passion, for working with rescues and adopting animals in trouble. He currently lives in Flagstaff, Arizona.

Michael Guros | Team Lead

Michael is a very talented IT Consultant and his customers absolutely love him for his incredible customer service skills, ability to resolve their problems with his Jedi like technical skills while communicating in an easy to understand method. Michael has many years of experience working in computers for both large and small businesses and brings his Enterprise experience to us as well. He currently lives in Seattle, WA.

John DiRienzo | Sr. IT Consultant

John joins our team with over 25 years experience in the IT industry, and nearly 20 years of experience in the Hawaii marketplace. Along with his military, sales and IT backgrounds. John holds a B.S. degree in Information Technology, and a A.S. degree in Computer Science. The ability to connect with his clients, and communicate IT solutions in an easy to understand format is one of his strongest attributes. He currently lives in Hawaii with his family, and loves to explore the diversity of cuisines offered around the island.  Gaming and movies are a favorite pastime.

Michelle Barnes | Sales Manager

Michelle is a Sales manager and technology enthusiast at Roland Schorr & Tower. She comes to us with over 13 years of IT consulting background. She has helped many customers with their software, security, unified communication, network, data center as well as cloud. Her customers say she demonstrates what a true business partnership is by making it a point to understand their environment and bring relevant technology and skills to ensure they have the right solution every time. In her spare time, she loves to collect wine and travel.

What Our Customers Say...

Thanks for your quick response yesterday! We felt like you all stopped on a dime to go to war for us and we really appreciate it! We never skipped a beat and I think that's a testament to your incredible knowledge on this subject combined with your rapid response. Thanks for such exceptional service!

David Carpenter Hope Construction

The good folks at RST always solve my problems in no time. The only downside is that means I have to get back to work right away.

Derek Weber Duane Weber Insurance

You folks are just GREAT!

DPM Attorney at Damon Key Leong Kupchak Hastert

You guys are fast and terrific. Thanks!

Anne Thurber Aspey Watkins & Diesel

Super fast/prompt service as always and Michael fixed the issue within just a few minutes. Thank you so much - appreciate how quick you guys are to help us not so techy folks. 🙂

Merilee Aspey Watkins & Diesel

Josh did a great job. I can always count on Roland Schorr!

Lynn Homeland Construction

I've been a client of RST for a number of years. I have the best possible recommendation to make for RST: All of the time I was represented by the company I never had to think about them once. They did exactly what they said they would do for me and they did it in a way that never required my attention. I could not be happier with the services they provided to me. RST gets my highest possible recommendation.

John Woltjer Prairie Dog Construction

Always a pleasure working with Michael and the team at RST to reach a resolution.

Peter S JKC Inc

This was a difficult project with new people, devices and changing parameters. Nevertheless, Tony and his team hung in there and worked their tails off to get 2 law firm databases, files, cloud storage systems, emails and programs separated, archived and up and running. We are happy. The staff is happy. Most importantly, the client's are happy and the state bar are happy. Thanks Tony!

Jeff Bouma Bouma Law